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The Conspiracy against God is about "The Word", and the profaning of His Holy Name within us. Adam fell in the garden, breaking the direct connection to God.
Jesus, the "last Adam" was a quickening Spirit, the Word made Flesh, and the only one with whom we can re-establish our relationship with God.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

"And when he had
found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year
they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first
in Antioch."

This is the first instance in the Bible where the
word “Christian” is mentioned. There are
only three verses in the Bible – the New Testament – where the word is mentioned. The other two are:

"Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let
him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf."

The term “Christian” was given to the disciples
not long after the death and resurrection of Jesus, when the disciples became
apostles, teaching the Word. In Acts 26:28,
Agrippa (info here)is “almost persuaded” to
be a Christian. Agrippa was the
grandfather of Caliguila, son-in-law to Octavian who became Caesar Augustus and
father-in-law to Emperor Tiberius. Then
in 1 Peter 4, that verse above
references the willingness to glorify God in affliction and persecution for His
name’s sake.

The word “Christian” is not a prominent term used
in the Bible because it was first assigned to believers in Christ by those
without faith. Paul expresses in that
verse in 1 Peter 4 that we should take the
name proudly and not be ashamed of it even though at the time, it was a
“label”, not really meant to be a compliment.

Christian and Christmas were both words assigned
to Jesus and his followers by those that did not know him. The holiday that most around the world will
be celebrating is not what most believe it is.

What is Christmas?

It has been said many times by many people “You
see what you want to see”. In a way that
is true. Everyone sees what they want to
see through their own eyes, their own perspectives, their own beliefs. But this saying also has become a tool to
undermine truth. You can see good in anything,
find the silver lining in any cloud and then THE Truth becomes her truth, his
truth, their truth; this makes THE Truth a victim of mistaken identity.

The most frequently abused response to the Truth
is denial. Followed right on its heels
is “The Lie” and the lie is most often delivered with sarcasm and ridicule,
oppressing The Truth until it is no longer heard. Instead of causing a ruckus Jesus told his
disciples to “shake the dirt off your feet” as a testimony against them (Mark
6:11). And those with the
truth have been silenced even by those who rule the “churches” in the name of
Christ.

How many people believe Jesus was born on December
25? How many people believe that
“Christmas” was created to celebrate the birth of baby Jesus?

There is a lady on Twitter with which discussion
of this was had between she and I, and she pointed me to what she called a
“loving explanation” from the Jehovah’s Witness point of view.

Indeed without putting the blame on any one
particular religion or ethnicity, they clarify not only where they stand on
Jesus Christ and their reverence for him, but they support their reasons NOT to
celebrate Christmas scripturally, supporting the fact that Jesus instructed his
disciples and us to “do this in remembrance of me”. What is more momentous is that he laid down
his life for us.

On his birth the Bible tells us of the signs
given, and the gifts that were given in Matthew
2. It also says that he was
born in “a house” in verse 11.

On the Jehovah’s Witness site, They also offer
these reasons under that question “Why don’t you celebrate Christmas?”

“Jesus’ apostles and early disciples did not celebrate Christmas. The New
Catholic Encyclopedia says that “the Nativity feast was instituted no earlier
than 243 [C.E.],” more than a century after the last of the apostles died.

There is no proof that Jesus was born on December 25; his birth date is
not recorded in the Bible.

The verse they give in 2 Corinthians 6:17 is not
proof either that Christmas was disapproved by God. It only says "Wherefore come
out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the
unclean thing; and I will receive you." Christmas is not mentioned at all in the
Bible.

"And it was at
Jerusalem the feast of the dedication,
and it was winter."

It is here that the first mention of any kind of a
celebration and winter reside in the same scene. Most other mentions in the Bible revolve
around parables of harvest or growing, or in the letters from Paul, writings to
his church of where he would winter. So
we know that the feast of the dedication had to do with the temple because of
that verse. Jesus began his ministry
after Israel’s exile in Babylon and after the second temple was built because
he cleared the money changers out of it (John 2:14-16) and Jesus “walked in
the temple of Solomon’s Porch” (John 10:23).

Another “dedication” that could have been in
winter before the temple was built was that given by Solomon to dedicate the
alter. Two verses reflect this in the
Old Testament:

"And at that time
Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great
congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before
the Lord our God, seven days and seven
days, even fourteen days."

"Also at the same
time Solomon kept the feast seven days,
and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn
assembly: for they kept the dedication
of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

10 And on the three and twentieth day of the
seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the
goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his
people."

In the first passage above from 1 Kings, we learn
that Solomon held a feast with a great congregation for a total of 14 days.

In 2 Chronicles 7, more detail is given that the
dedication of the alter is for seven days, and the feast was for seven
days. The eighth day they made a solemn
assemply for this dedication of the alter.
However this celebration was in the “seventh month”, not the last month of
the year.

In a previous blog topic, we discussed on “The
Road to Damascus” the “last month” of the Jewish calendar year
called Elul. I had posted this a quote
from this article:

“Sunday, September 1, 2013

26
Elul, 5773

"Asthe last month of the Jewish year,
Elul is traditionaly a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to
review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for
the upcoming "Days of Awe" of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.

Asthe month of Divine Mercy and
Forgiveness(see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul 1) it is a
most opportune time for teshuvah("return"
to G-d), prayer, charity, andincreased
Ahavat Yisrael (love for a fellow Jew)in
the quest for self-improvement andcoming
closer to G-d. Chassidic master Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadilikens the month of Elul to a time
when "the king is in the field"and, in contrast to when he is in
the royal palace, "everyone who so
desires is permitted to meet him, and he receives them all with
a cheerful countenance and shows a smiling face to them all." -Jewish Calendar.

Everyone who so desires is
permitted to meet him. And this happens to fall on a Sunday – How
special. Messiah ben David on his way, possibly?

This seemed to coincide with a lot of the U.S.
official resignations on or near the September 1st deadline of this
“forgiveness” observance in the Jewish Calendar:

Ben Bernanke is resigning from the Fed on September 1, 2013. – Source,Time4thetruth(there’s a list here).

"She did not offer a reason for leaving, nor did she
describe her plans. Her term ended last January, but governors can remain in
office until a replacement is nominated, and the Obama administration had not
sought her departure."

The
Most Holy Francis issued an Apostolic Letter on July 11 and effectiveSeptember 1, 2013that effectively stripped away the
immunity of all judges, attorneys, government officials and all entities
established under the Roman Curia [hint: All corporations are established under
the Roman Curia]. All of these "persons" can now be held accountable
for war crimes, crimes against humanity, [hint: Divine Spirit is humanity], for
the unlawful restrictions of the liberties of the divine spirit incarnate; [we
call that Eternal Essence Inbodied -AK] for failure to settle the accounts; for
continued prosecution of claims already settled, etc.

As I was working on the
"rods" today in the scriptures, I got a message from someone and I
didn't know who they were. I suspect they used to post/email a while back
with initials but I'm not positive. Anyway whoever sent it to me, thank you.

The message said this:

"israel lighting temple pillars"

I didn't know what that
was, so I did a search on it and found this:

"illumination-ceremony"

“Temple
Menorah During the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) there was a great ceremony
called the "Illumination of the
Temple," which involved the ritual lighting of four golden
oil-fed lamps in the Court of Women. These lamps were huge menorahs/candelabras
(seventy-five feet high) lighted in the Temple at night to remind the people of
the pillar of fire that had guided Israel in their wilderness journey. All
night long the light shone their brilliance,it is said, illuminating the entire city." – Source,Jewishroots.net

Well for sure, the word
"illumination" caught my eye. And I guess the conspirators have
not really cornered the market on the usage of that word, but then again -
maybe they did? Because it is mentioned in the Bible in a negative light:

"Butcall
to remembrance the former days, in which,after
ye were illuminated, ye endured agreat
fight of afflictions;"

They’re real big on
“illumination” in the Talmud and the Kabbalah/Cabbala. This ceremony is
the “illumination of the temple”. The next paragraph down it said:

"In celebration and anticipation, the holiest of Israel's men danced and sang psalms of
joy and praise, before the Lord. This festival was a reminder thatGod had promised to send a light,
the Light, to a sin-darkened world.God
promised to send the Messiahto
renew Israel's glory, release them from bondage, and restore their joy. Imagine
that you are in ancient Jerusalem during the Feast of Tabernacles. Visualize
seeing these massive menorahs giving a tremendous amount of light. Now imagine
the impact of the words said by Jesus in the Temple courtyard when he
announced, "I am the Light of the world." – Source,Jewishroots.net

There is just one problem
with this. First, the word “Sokkot” is not in the Bible. Not even
in the Old Testament. But the “feast of Tabernacles” is there, first
mentioned inLeviticus 23:33-35.
And in those verses God tells Moses that the children of Israel shall observe
this on the 15thday
of the seventh month, for seven days. John 7:2, when
Jesus has to sneak out, away from his family because the Jews are looking for
him, is the last time the Feast of Tabernacles is mentioned.

The word Sokkot appears in
Judaism, not in the Bible. And according to Chabad.org, it is not
celebrated on the seventh month, but on the Jewish calendar “Tishrei 15-21”.

".
. . we remember G-d's kindness and reaffirm our trust in His providence by
dwelling in a sukkah--a hut of temporary construction with a roof covering of
branches--for the duration of the Sukkot festival (on the Jewish calendar
Tishrei 15-21)." - Source,chabad.org

In the following
paragraph, same page it says:

"Our sages in the midrash tell us that the Four Kinds
represent the various types and personalities that comprise the community of
Israel, whose intrinsicunitywe emphasize on Sukkot." - Source,Chabad.org

There’s that word “Unity”
again. The “Illumination of the temple” is also described quite a ways
down the page on the site “TempleInstitute.org”, and it gives a little more detail. Scroll to the
subsection “Great Lamps of Gold”.

On the “Road
to Damascus” link and the “Third Temple” link above, remember what
the Jewish Chabad site said. Their month
of “Elul” was the “last month of the calendar
year”. The calendar on that page
shows this as September. But the Bible
shows in John 10:22 that this dedication is
in winter (September is still our summer). 2 Chronicles 7 further describes
this as a seven day dedication with an eighth day of solemn observance before a
seven day feast described in Chabad,org and scriptures of Leviticus 23:33-35) which says the
seventh month, but on their calendar, this is not the same time every
year. They follow the seasons, not the
Gregorian Calendar we use today. Note
our date of September 1, 2013 is their 26 Elul 5773. So to say that our calendars are synched
would be fantasy at best.

My next question was, is the temple dedication and
the Illumination of the Temple the same thing?

Remember the two “New Testament” references and
the “Old Testament” references, both in regard to the dedication of the temple:

"Also at the same
time Solomon kept the feast seven days,
and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn
assembly: for they kept the dedication
of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

10 And on the three and twentieth day of the
seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the
goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his
people."

On this explanation located at “EnduringWord.com” we learn that clarification on the “altar”
and “temple” are the same thing, since the Ark of the Covenant was brought to
the newly constructed temple in the eighth month. But they posit that Solomon waited until the
seventh month of the following year to dedicate the temple.

Did this law change with the destruction and
rebuilding of the temple by Zerubbabel and finished by King Herod? Was there another “ceremony” instituted to
commemorate the building of the second temple? – (Source)

Here, we draw together a few curious things.
According to the Jewish Encyclopedia and Easton’s Bible Dictionary, the
second temple was missing one crucial piece of divine artifact that the first temple held: The Ark of the Covenant. In
the Ark were these items: The tablets of stone (10 Commandments), Aaron’s rod
that budded, the pot of manna and according to Deuteronomy 31:26, the “book of the
law”, which would be a testimony against them.
This also gave the Ark of the Covenant to be known as “The Ark of His
Testimony”.

I found this in Wikipedia with associated
references, some also in the Jewish Encyclopedia:

"According to the Mishnah (Middot iii. 6), the "Foundation Stone" stood where the Ark used to be,
and the High Priest put his censer on it on Yom Kippur.[2]

The Second Temple also included many of the original vessels of gold
that had been taken by the Babylonians but restored by Cyrus the Great.[6][15] According to the Babylonian Talmud
(Yoma 22b),[2] however, the Temple
lacked the Shekinah, the dwelling or settling divine presence of God, and
the Ruach HaKodesh, the Spirit of Holiness, present in the first."
- Source, Wikipedia/SecondTemple

No kidding.
So the second temple was a representative of the temple more perfect,
not made with hands (Mark
14:58). We get a hint of
this also in Zechariah chapters 4 and 6:

"The hands of
Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish
it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you."

But Zechariah never finishes it. At least not the building made with
hands. Who finishes it? King Herod.

"Following the conquest of Judea by Alexander the Great, it became part
of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt until 200 BCE, when King Antiochus III the
Great of Syria defeated King Ptolemy V Epiphanes of Egypt at the Battle of
Panion.[16] Judea became at that moment part of the Seleucid empire of Syria.
When the Second Temple in Jerusalem was looted and its religious services
stopped, Judaism was effectively outlawed. In 167 BCE, Antiochus IV Epiphanes
ordered an altar to Zeus erected in the Temple. He also banned circumcision and
ordered pigs to be sacrificed at the altar of the Temple.[17]

Following theMaccabean Revoltagainst the Seleucid empire, the Second Temple was rededicated and
became the religious pillar of the Jewish Hasmonean kingdom, as well as
culturally associated with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah." -
Source, Wikipedia/SecondTemple

The Maccabean Revolt took place between 167 to 160
B.C., 100 years before Christ. None of
this is mentioned in the Bible. But we
know according to Zechariah that one is mentioned who will ‘complete’ the
building of the temple:

"12 And speak
unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and
he shall build the temple of the Lord:

13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord;
and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and
he shall be a priest upon his throne:
and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."

The name mentioned in verse 12, “The BRANCH” is in
“great letters”, just as is the name of God “JEHOVAH”, “JESUS” in the first
chapter of both Matthew and Mark, and the word LORD when the word LORD is used
in place of God’s name.

"5. And over it
the cherubims of glory shadowing the
mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

11. But Christ being come an high priest of
good things to come, by a greater and
more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;"

The blog topic “The Witness” discussed the fact
that the apostles knew that the Ark was not lost after the destruction of the
first temple. We know that it was not
present in the second temple “made with hands”.
And we know the “mercy seat” could not be spoken of in Hebrews
9:5 which means they knew what was on it. We know from John
1:14 that Jesus was the “Word made flesh”, who’s blood is the
“testimony” of “God’s living Word” on the mercy seat. And we know from Hebrews
5:11 that Christ is the high priest of that “perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands” spoken of in Zechariah
6:13.

We also know that for some reason, the Jews
celebrate the dedication of two temples:
One called Feast
of Tabernacles and “Illumination
of the Temple” which was according to Leviticus
23:21-23 was held on the 15th day of the seventh month,
and Dedication of the second temple, which was in the winter, which they call
Hanukkah, which is also a “Festival of Lights” simply called “the dedication,
and it was winter”, which means John 10:22 wanted us to know this
was NOT the Feast of the Tabernacles but something else.

Now, this was winter according to John 10:22, this
“dedication”. Let’s take another look at
the description “Jewish
Roots” gave us of Sukkot, of the “Illumination of the Temple”,
which they claim is done on the “Feast of Tabernacles”. According to the Bible this is to be done in
the seventh month on the 15th
day, for seven days and seven days (the eighth day for solemn observance).

Then remember of course that the last month of the
Jewish calendar year is “Elul” which fell over the end of August and the first
half of September – Source. This is where all who desired could “meet
God” and fellowship with Him in forgiveness.

The last month of the Gregorian calendar year is
December, which is when Hanukkah is celebrated, which is also a “temple
dedication” ceremony. So they have one
in September of this year (Source)
and one in December? The one in December
being Hanukkah, the “winter” dedication.

I won’t get into how Elul and Tishri can be the
last month/new year respectively of the Jewish calendar, but you can read up on
that here.

We’ve established that there are two separate temple
dedications, the second temple dedication being “Hanukkah”, the “Festival of
Lights”.

Now let’s get to how “Jesus” came to being a “December
25th” baby.

Jesus’ Birth and the Bible

One of the first sources outside the Bible for
clues as to Jesus’ birthdate was “ChristianAnswers.net. They give some good explanations, referenced
with scripture, as to why Jesus could NOT have been born on December 25th. Some of the misconceptions they recite that
have no Biblical backup were:

- The Bible does not say that Mary rode a donkey
all the way to Bethlehem. It doesn’t say
HOW she got there, only that she was with Joseph and with child when they
traveled.

- Mary could have arrived weeks before she
delivered. There is no mention of the
time between their arrival and Mary’s delivery.

- The Bible does not state that Joseph or Mary
talked to any innkeepers. And according
to Matthew
2:11, Jesus was born in a house.

- The Greek word for “kataluma” is “guest room”, guest
chamber or Inn. This source goes on to
say: "The only other time
this word was used in the New Testament, it means a furnished, large, upper
story room within a private house. It is translated guest chamber, not inn
(Mark 14:14-15). According to our Bible archaeology experts, Jesus was probably
born in the house of relatives, but outside (under) the normal living and guest
quarters. " – Source, ChristianAnswers.net

I checked out their claim that the wise men did
not visit Jesus until after his dedication in the temple. I cannot endorse this claim because Luke
2:22-29 does not clarify that Simeon is the same as the wise men who gave gifts. It does say earlier in that chapter that the
shepherds in their fields are the ones who saw the baby Jesus in the manger,
and who saw the heavenly hosts praising God.

Their reasoning for Jesus NOT being born in
December was simply that the shepherds would not be sitting out in their fields
during the cold months, and it was not the time of the year for travel.

"A more probable time would be late September, the time of the annual Feast of Tabernacles, when such travel was
commonly accepted. Thus, it is rather commonly believed (though not certain)
that Jesus’ birth was around the last of September. The conception of Christ, however, may have taken place in late
December of the previous year." – Source, ChristianAnswers.net

Then this was thrown in there as an added
explanation as to why “Christmas” would be celebrated on “Saturnalia”:

“…The probability is that this mighty angel, leading the heavenly host
in their praises, was Michael the
archangel; this occasion was later
commemorated by the early church as Michaelmas (‘Michael sent’), on September
29, the same as the date of the
Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. It would have at least been appropriate for
Christ to have been born on such a date, for it was at His birth that ‘the Word
was made flesh and dwelt (literally
tabernacled) among us’ (John 1:14)… "The word “Christmas”
means “Christ mass,” a special celebration of the Lord’s supper—called a mass
in the Roman Catholic Church and a Communion supper in most Protestant
churches." – Source, ChristianAnswers.net

Their explanations for excusing the celebration
set up on a pagan holiday gave the impression that this was not only okay, but
should be praised for replacing it with a Christian holiday – but it’s not the
truth. Also the mention of the archangel
Michael announcing to the shepherds of the birth of Christ and leading the
praise of the hosts would mean that Michael and Jesus were separate, and
according to Daniel 12:1 and Revelation 12:2-6, they are the same.

History shows that December 25 was popularized as the date for
Christmas, not because Christ was born on that day, but because it was already popular in pagan religious celebrations as the
birthday of the sun. But could December 25 be the date of Christ's birth?

Answer:

"Lacking any scriptural
pointers to Jesus's birthday, early Christian teachers suggested dates all
over the calendar. Clement...picked
November 18. Hippolytus...figured
Christ must have been born on a Wednesday...An anonymous document[,] believed to have been written in North
Africa around A.D. 243, placed Jesus's
birth on March 28" (Joseph L. Sheler, U.S. News & World Report ,
"In Search of Christmas," Dec. 23, 1996, p. 58)." -
Source, UCG.org

Jesus being born on a Wednesday was slightly
interesting – Christmas falls on a Wednesday this year. Hanukkah was between November 27 and December
5th of this year. But they
won’t use Hanukkah. If they’re trying to
convert Christians they will use a Christian holiday, which was set up on the
observance of the birthday of a sun god.
They gave two reasons why December 25 was not it.

"First, we know that shepherds were in the fields watching their flocks
at the time of Jesus' birth (Luke 2:7-8). Shepherds
were not in the fields during December. According to Celebrations: The
Complete Book of American Holidays , Luke's
account "suggests that Jesus may have been born in summer or early fall.
Since December is cold and rainy in Judea, it is likely the shepherds would
have sought shelter for their flocks at night" (p. 309).

Second, Jesus' parents came to
Bethlehem to register in a Roman census (Luke 2:1-4). Such censuses were not taken in winter, when temperatures often
dropped below freezing and roads were in poor condition. Taking a census under
such conditions would have been self-defeating." - Source, UCG.org

According to Matthew
27:46 and Mark
15:34, Jesus died in the 9th hour. According to the Jewish Calendar, the Jewish
dedication of the “second” temple, Festival of Lights – Hanukkah is celebrated
in the 9th month of Kislev.
Is there a connection?

"Although it is difficult to determine the first time anyone celebrated December 25 as Christmas Day,
historians are in general agreement that it
was sometime during the fourth century. This is an amazingly late date.
Christmas was not observed in Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire, until
about 300 years after Christ's death. Its
origins cannot be traced back to either the teachings or practices of the
earliest Christians." - Source, UCG.org

This source was a little more direct:

“Most biblical scholars and preachers readily admit that they know Christ
was not born on December 25th. However,
they claim that this day is as good as any other to celebrate the birth of
Jesus, despite the fact that it was originally
a pagan celebration called Saturnalia which commemorated the birth of the sun
god.

God had this to say about
appropriating pagan methods of worship and trying to honor Him with them:

DEUTERONOMY 12:28 "Observe and obey all these words which I command
you, that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you
do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God. 29 When the LORD your God cuts off from
before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and
dwell in their land, 30 take heed to
yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed
from before you, and that you do not
inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods?
I also will do likewise.' 31 "You shall not worship the LORD your God in
that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to
their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to
their gods. 32 Whatever I command you,
be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it. (NKJV)”
– Source, Hearalittletherealittle.net

The King James version is here. You can get the Biblical follow through at
the “Hearalittle” link. All of these
agree that the December 25th Date is the celebration of “Saturnalia”.

Last source: Wikipedia linked up a few loose ends
on this one:

December 25, other
than being the ancient Winter Solstice was also the birthday of Saturn. Saturn is the Roman god of the earth who
"ruled" in the golden age when humans enjoyed bounty without labor egalitarianism
– this is similar to the NewAge beliefs of Unity and freedom from “bankers”.

The Catholic Church incorporated the Saturnalia
observances into the New Church to lure worshipers via the story of Jesus birth
on the day of a pagan god. – Source, Wikipedia.com

Macrobius called Saturnalia the Festival Of Light
leading up to the Winter Solstice – Source, Wikipedia/Macrobius

What other religion calls their “winter”
dedication the “Festival of Lights”?

"Hanukkah - in Modern Hebrew; a
transliteration also romanized as
Chanukah or Chanukkah), also known as the
Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday
commemorating the rededication of the
Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem" - Source, Wikipedia/Hanukkah

By the way, the Jewish Festival of Lights is
celebrated on the Jewish calendar on 25 Kislev (the 9th month of
their year). In 2012 (year of the
dragon) it was held from sunset December 8 through nightfall December 16.

In 2013 (this year, year of the snake), it
occurred between November 27th and December 5th
(nightfall).

In 2014 it will occur between sunset December 16th
through nightfall on December 24th:
A date when “Festival of Lights” for both Saturnalia and Hanukkah and “Christmas”
will almost be ONE. It would be a
perfect time for “ben David” to make an appearance.

We are told once we know the truth not to turn
back. That is also all over scripture.

Isn't it curious that the Roman Catholic front for
the religion of Judaism found a way to corrupt the memory of Christ? Just as they warned at the beginning of
Christ’s church in both 2
Peter 2:1-3 and Jude
1:3-4.

Michael Jackson did not celebrate Christmas nor
did the church he attended. And while I
do not endorse the doctrine of the Jehovah’s Witnesses because of other
matters, it is rather telling that most other “Christian” denominations call it
a “cult”.

By their definition, all churches would be
cults. We were called to believe on,
worship and obey God. We were called to
access God through Christ who is the only “Word made flesh”.

The celebration should be on his resurrection
because it is through him that we will have the same LIFE.

"And Simeon
blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken
against;

35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul
also,) that the thoughts of many hearts
may be revealed."

December 25th has nothing to do with
Jesus. It is not a Christian-sourced
holiday and has more in common with pagan celebrations than it does with our savior.

Please remember.
We are called to separate ourselves from, not join in with them of other
gods. It is not an easy thing to swim
against the current or walk against the crowd.
But we are called to do it for TRUTH, for His name’s sake.

About Me

We are living in Biblically significant Times. Ironically it was the most persecuted man in modern history that lead me to dig deeper into the Bible and taught me more about God than any other human being on the planet. And that man is Michael Jackson.
I started a blog to defend him. I ended up researching him and learned just why they were after him. They did everything they could to shut him down. In the song "Cry" he said "take over for me", so that is what I am doing. God bless that man and his faith and strength

Michael And God

"Like the Bible says. A child should be leader of them all, and to be led by that kind of innocence. Didn't Jesus say 'bring on the children?' Be like the children. Not childish, but child-like. That kind of innocence."

Michael Jackson in the Martin Bashir outtakes

"Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived." Michael Jackson Oprah Winfrey Interview

"I avoid using the term 'religion', because many people say 'my religion' this and 'my religion' that. Why should it be 'my' religion? I just believe what’s in the Bible with regard to which religion is involved. I simply believe.... I believe in it and I get down on my knees every night and thank God and ask Him to lead the way."

1979 Ebony Magazine interview

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